Alpha's Cursed Mate novel Chapter 18

Estelle's POV

No hooligans, no street fights or ramshackle streets. My curiosity was completely shattered. It was just an ordinary city with a lot of people living peacefully here. It even looked the same as the wolf pack I used to live in.

"Disappointed?" Ethan pulled up in front of a restaurant.

"It's obvious that you were scaring me on purpose before!" I fiercely slammed his car door.

"I don't remember what I told you."

Ethan led me into the restaurant and the atmosphere inside made me want to turn around and leave. It was clearly a restaurant for couples on a date, and everyone inside was dressed in formal wear, except me in skinny jeans and a t-shirt.

"Why did you bring me here?" I asked Ethan in a whisper.

"The food here is delicious."

"You're playing with me! How am I supposed to get in like this?"

Ethan looked me up and down "I don't see what's wrong with you."

"I'm leaving."

"Are you going to drive yourself back?"

"You are unbelievable!"

"Keep your voice down, others are dining."

Shortly after, a manager-like man came out to greet us. He seemed to know Ethan, and we were led to a quiet and secluded table.

Ethan and I ate in silence for a while, the lights in the restaurant slowly dimmed, the waiter lit candles on our table and brought a random fresh red rose. I finally couldn't suppress the doubt and anger in my heart.

I asked Ethan, "What did you bring me here for?"

"Eat, I remember I gave you that a long time ago." Ethan forked a piece of meat into his own mouth.

"If you don't make it clear, I'm going to slap this plate of baby lamb chops on your freshly done hair."

"You calm down!"

As I held the plate in my hand, Ethan hurriedly spoke up, "Our Alpha asked me to show you the rest of the territory."

"That's it?"

"That's it."

"Then why did you bring me to this restaurant?"

"It's a restaurant I really like, and the owner and I are friends."

"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"

"You think I'm going to pick you up?" Ethan propped his chin on his hand, his green eyes becoming much softer in the candlelight.

"Absolutely not!" I lowered my head and looked at the food on my plate.

Lance can sense that you're avoiding him, he's much more perceptive than we are." He laughed softly "Lance is not as bad as you think, especially to you.

"So that's why he asked you to bring me out?"

"You have to fit in with us. Even putting aside your status as hemate, you are part of our wolf pack."

"Do I look that out of place?"

"You're too closed off from yourself, I've never seen a girl like you. You sometimes give the impression of a lone wolf licking its wounds alone."

"......" I can't deny Ethan's words because of my family and my pathetic life. There is no one I can spill my guts to, and I have to go home and bandage myself when I get hurt.